Experimental cooking "Sour Stir Fried Tofu!"

Last week I tried a new recipe on the fly. I had some tofu that had been in my fridge for a while. I cut it into thin 1 inch rectangles and lightly fried it.

I was thinking my standard question when cooking "Now what!"

I looked in the fridge and found I had some partial pieces of vegetables - green pepper, tomato, onion. I chopped them up and added them to the mix adding some more canola oil. The taste was not good as yet.

"Now What?"

I added some salt, oregano and parsley. Taste was better but still not where I wanted it.

"Now what?"

Added some vinegar from my marinated ginger, garlic and chilli pepper bottle.

Perfect!! It tasted great. New dish created - "Sour Stir Fried Tofu!"

Good Day mate!

Interesting day. It was nice and sunny when I went out at lunch. It was a good day mate! I hope to get some running in today even though I do not feel like running. I feel like going to sleep in a hammock in the shade. Let some gentle breeze caress my face while I sleep. Hopefully I will not start snoring.

Watch Jackson hop around in the grass trying not to let it tickle his low-slung belly. In time he will also be sure to go find some of the stuff he has hidden and try to find new hiding places for them. He will look up to see if I am watching. If he catches me watching he will move away so I don't know what he is hiding and where. Then he will hop over to the neighbors and lick their feet or maybe hide his stuff in their flower beds. If the door is open he will invite himself in. if it is not too hot and sunny, he may just lay in the grass and roll over. He is a funny dog with very expressive sad/worried/playful eyes.

Good day mate!

Is this fate?

I signed up for a marathon on a whim. I attended the greatest meeting this weekend - of AID volunteers. I met a person by the name of Dr. Bhagat. He has been away from India since before I was born, yet he is still so passionate about it.

The more I learn about AID the more I feel it is the exact charity that I have been trying to find all my life. These are things that make me believe in fate.

More days like today please

I hope the weather stays like today's for a few days.

I am sick of this monsoon like rain. I have not been able to run for fear of slipping on the mossy sidewalks that have developed in all this rain. I do walk though so I am not totally out of shape.

Yesterday poor Jackson tried to go out and was scared by the rush of droplets coming all the way into the carport as I opened the kitchen door for him. He ran back in and hid inside the comforter provided for him by my friend Raj C. He really loves that. Rolls himself up inside it and is totally invisible in the folds till he tries to get out, struggling through the same folds. It is a funny sight.

Later I walked him. The poor dog was thoroughly soaked in the paws, chest and belly. He was not happy that he had to walk through so many puddles that reached his low-rider chest and belly. I had to give him a rub-down later. He was also totally tired because of the soaking and the longer than normal walk. He is getting fitter just like his walking companion.

Several years ago I set my goal to attempt a new sport every year or renew playing one I had not done in a while. I am either crazy or just determined to keep going.

Learned skiing (that is -- attempted unsuccessfully)
Learned Ice Skating - tore my knee up
Went white-water rafting
Went tubing
Started biking again
Started swimming again
Started hiking
Learned snow-boarding - nearly broke my back
Went snow tubing

Now is the turn of running a marathon.
Next is a triathalon (mini)

I had run a half-marathon in '83. So I am not exactly challenging myself to something new.

I hope all this is not going to make my old age a creaky pain-filled knee-replacement, hip replacement time. Well, even of it does, I will at least have had fun getting there.

My story was "heavy" man!!

I was born 6lbs 7 oz.,
I expanded up to 206 lbs on a heavy heart.
I shrunk to my current 177 lbs on a medium heart
On my way to a shrimpy 160 lbs and a light heart.

That is my light-heavy hearted story.